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Queering the museum

documentary heritage
  • Other Name

    Museums in focus (Series)

  • Description

    "Queering the Museum develops a queer analysis of the ways in which museums construct themselves, their core business, and their publics through the, often unconscious, use of inherited ways of knowing and doing.

    Providing a critique of both the practices and conventions associated with the modern public museum, and the ontological assumptions that inform them, the authors consider recent discourse around inclusion in museums and explore the ways this has been taken up in practice. Highlighting the limits of particular approaches to inclusion, and the failure to move away from a traditional museological paradigm, the book outlines an alternative critical museological approach that the authors refer to as ?queer?. Providing readers with the critical tools necessary for a profound rethinking of museum practice, the book also responds to and problematises the growing call for social inclusion."--Publisher website.

  • Place
  • Other Id

    AM159 QUE (Library of Congress Call Number)

    91995 (Cat ID)

    91798 (Presto content ID)

  • Department

Images and documents

Catalogue

  • Object Type
  • Name/Title
    Queering the museum
  • Other Name

    Museums in focus (Series)

  • Primary Maker
  • Contributor/Publisher
    Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group
  • Place
  • Date
    2020
  • Physical Description

    114 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

  • ISBN/ISSN
    9780815359623
    0815359624
  • Language
    English
  • Level of Current Record
    Bib record
  • Member Object

    1 item in this collection. View all items.

  • Subject Category
  • Content
    Introduction; 1.From LGBTIQ+ inclusion to queer ethics; 2. Queer/ing display; 3. Queer/ing meaning-making; 4.Queer/ing engagement; Conclusion
  • Public Access Text

    [Keywords: Queer theory; Museums and minorities]

    Routledge Focus--Front cover Includes bibliographical references and index

  • Subject Notes
    Nikki Sullivan is Manager of the Centre of Democracy in Adelaide, South Australia. She is also Adjunct Associate Professor in the School of Humanities, Faculty of Arts, University of Adelaide.
    Craig Middleton is Curator at the National Museum of Australia, Canberra. His research and practice explore political histories and histories of activism, LGBTIQ+ histories, and critical museology.
  • Collection Type
    Reading Room
  • Copyright
    All rights reserved
  • Last Update
    19 Dec 2023

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